Help me please!!

[ThatGuy16]

Arhh my hdd just failed (yeah just my luck) and its been 7days past neweggs RMA policy (yep my luck again). Seagate is sending another one, now what do i do about activating windows since i have already used it on the bad drive??
Thanks

 

[StrangleHold]

Same computer you chould not have a problem. I probably reinstall about every 6 months.

 

[ThatGuy16]

Oh, ok thanks! makes be feel better now, but now im without my month old computer for a few days and everything on the drive is lost

 

[StrangleHold]

I just did mine with a new board and processor, didnt make me call or anything, kinda odd. But it was just the second time on the CD. Get a W/D drive

 

[ThatGuy16]

Hehe, i may just have to do that next time

 

[Emperor_nero]

Can you be a bit more specific on how it died?

 

[ThatGuy16]

*pop* *spark* "disk boot fail"
Can't fix it, you can see the burnt place on the chip

 

[Emperor_nero]

*pop* *spark* "disk boot fail"
Can't fix it, you can see the burnt place on the chip

Well... If you bought an identical Hard drive you might be able to swap the circuit boards, that might work.

 

[ThatGuy16]

thats what i was going to do when the replacement gets here but the serial number is on the drive and not on the circuit board so... to them i would be sending the new drive back lol..